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> it takes a lot of effort to craft good ones Though this engagement itself aids memorization... I'm not a fan of spaced repetition, instead preferring to und
by hyperpallium2 6y ago
> it takes a lot of effort to craft good ones
Though this engagement itself aids memorization...
I'm not a fan of spaced repetition, instead preferring to understand material and find connections (associations) integrating it within my existing knowledge. This makes it usable, not just recallable. It's holographic, in that I can also recover it from other things I know, like the shape of the missing jigsaw piece, or a theorem or proof.
However, I've come to realize that the very act of engagement to understand is, in itself, aiding memorization.
- kd5bjo 6y agoA key insight for me was when I realized that spaced repetition isn't really about memorization, it's about skill maintenance. The skill most people use formal spaced-repetition methods for is factual recall, to be sure, but the underlying principles can be applied to any human endeavour. My Anki deck, for example, is designed to exercise reading comprehension. For cooking, I don't try to memorize recipes like the article demonstrates; I do, however, try to revisit and make the dishes in my repertoire semi-regularly to reinforce the operational cues that are impossible to put into words. It's similar for all of my other hobbies: I naturally tend to have a period of intense engagement with them at first that trails off as my confidence builds. I seem to revisit most of them on the same sort of exponential schedule without really trying, as if my subconscious understands when it's time to have a refresher.